As many as 32 Filipinos in Afghanistan are still awaiting repatriation, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
The DFA said only 32 Filipinos in Afghanistan are waiting to be repatriated and 175 Filipinos have either left or been evacuated. In a statement, it said that at least 22 of them requested “company or government repatriation.”
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The DFA said 16 Filipinos have left Kabul on a military flight and are now in the UK (United Kingdom) while a A group of 13 repatriates who left previously are now in Oslo, Norway while one landed in Almaty, Kazakhstan and one in Kuwait.
An additional eight Filipinos have registered with the Philippine Embassy in Pakistan, but do not wish to be repatriated at this time, officials said.
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The Philippine government has thanked all countries that “continue to assist and cooperate with us in repatriating our citizens from Afghanistan.”
“This help is essential in enabling our people to leave safely. All repatriates, wherever they may be, who requested to return to the Philippines, will be assisted,” the DFA said, adding that the first batch of 35 evacuees from Afghanistan arrived on Monday. (AW)
